How to have different profiles of different builds of Opera on the mac
Friday, 29. May 2009, 07:34:29
In windows, whenever you install Opera in a different directory, it creates a different profile. However, on the mac, its a bit more complicated.
I for example, have multiple builds installed on my mac. I have all my mail on the current stable build. But I also have various other internal builds and alpha/beta builds installed. If I don't have multiple profiles for each of them, then the newest build would inherit the mails, and everything else, instead of the stable version. This is definitely something I do not want.
To have multiple profiles of Opera on the mac, you have basically two options, each of which is a way of doing the same thing in a different way.
First on foremost though, you should have the Opera builds installed in different directory. For example, the current stable version in /Applications/Opera and the new version in /Applications/OperaNew
The easiest method
Make sure you do not have the new build open. Also its a good idea to make sure you have your old build open.
The Command line method
Some people may not be comfortable with command line. On the other hand, a lot of people are.
Simply make a file inside the Opera Resources folder named "PrefsSuffix" containing any sequence of letters you like (you should avoid linebreaks, '"', '/', '.', '|' and ':').
Easiest way to do that is probably to open the Terminal.app
$ cd /Applications/OperaNew/Opera.app/Contents/Resources/
$ echo "RandomString" >> PrefsSuffix
Where 'RandomString' is any random string you want.
Once you do that, repeat steps 7-9 of the previous method described above, to check whether your mail folders, etc have the new prefix or not.
I hope this helped!
I for example, have multiple builds installed on my mac. I have all my mail on the current stable build. But I also have various other internal builds and alpha/beta builds installed. If I don't have multiple profiles for each of them, then the newest build would inherit the mails, and everything else, instead of the stable version. This is definitely something I do not want.
To have multiple profiles of Opera on the mac, you have basically two options, each of which is a way of doing the same thing in a different way.
First on foremost though, you should have the Opera builds installed in different directory. For example, the current stable version in /Applications/Opera and the new version in /Applications/OperaNew
The easiest method
Make sure you do not have the new build open. Also its a good idea to make sure you have your old build open.
- Create a file called 'PrefsSuffix' (no extension like 'PrefsSuffix.txt' etc... just 'PrefsSuffix' without any extension) and enter any random thing in it (you should avoid linebreaks, '"', '/', '.', '|' and ':'). For example, the string 'Opera10macbuild'
- Then goto the new build folder, that is, the directory /Applcations/OperaNew and right click on the Opera icon.
- Then click on 'Show Package Contents'.
- Then Click on 'Contents'.
- Then Click on 'Resources'.
- Then paste that file you created in that folder.
- Start the Opera app in /Applications/OperaNew
- Go to Opera->About Opera
- Check the mail folder, and other folders, they would have directory like /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Support/Opera yourrandomstring/mail/
The Command line method
Some people may not be comfortable with command line. On the other hand, a lot of people are.
Simply make a file inside the Opera Resources folder named "PrefsSuffix" containing any sequence of letters you like (you should avoid linebreaks, '"', '/', '.', '|' and ':').
Easiest way to do that is probably to open the Terminal.app
$ cd /Applications/OperaNew/Opera.app/Contents/Resources/
$ echo "RandomString" >> PrefsSuffix
Where 'RandomString' is any random string you want.
Once you do that, repeat steps 7-9 of the previous method described above, to check whether your mail folders, etc have the new prefix or not.
I hope this helped!
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